Job ID :
8786
Company :
Virginia Information Technology Agency
Location :
RICHMOND, VA
Type :
Contract
Duration :
3+ Months
Salary :
Open
Status :
Active
Openings :
1
Posted :
10 Mar 2016
Job Seekers, Please send resumes to resumes@hireitpeople.com
Short Description:   Sr. Unix Engineer (Linux)
***Local candidates STRONGLY preferred***

Complete Description:  The Senior Linux System Administrator is responsible for helping maintain all aspects of systems lifecycle management: installing, configuring, and maintaining Linux servers including web servers, mail servers, application servers, and database servers. The Linux Systems Administrator works closely with engineering and product development to help design and implement development, staging, and QA environments for new products and services, utilizing systems automation software. 


Skill
Required / Desired
Amount
of Experience
• 6 + years of Linux Systems Administration with an Enterprise Linux variant such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Oracle Linux on CISCO, IBM and HP serve
Required
6
Years
• Demonstrated strong knowledge of internal controls and experience working as a member of a core team
Required
3
Years
• Work with tools to support the IT Security program as well as provide assistance to the corporate information security governance & risk teams
Required
3
Years
• Define, implement, and support for an enterprise security operations platform for all server/Network infrastructures in a large-scale highly availab
Required
3
Years
• Develop logging, metrics and reporting programs to facilitate performance, security monitoring and predictive analysis.
Required
3
Years
• Perform the day-to-day operations to protect the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of information assets and technology infrastructures
Required
3
Years
• Analyze security logs and data from operating systems, firewalls, intrusion detection / prevention systems, sniffers, data leak prevention tools
Required
3
Years
• Understanding of protocol technologies such as LDAP, SSL, SSH, and Active Directory
Required
3
Years
• Requires the ability to lift 50 lbs
Required
3
Years
• Experience using Scripting languages for task automation (Python, Bash, Perl, etc.).
Required
1
Years
• Provide weekend and after hours coverage for all systems on an “as-needed” basis.
Required
2
Years
Cloud experience will be a plus (AWS, Rackspace, etc.)
Highly desired
2
Years
A familiarity with Windows Server and administering Active Directory
Highly desired
2
Years